function compounds = init__list_of_compounds()
io = ['datfiles' filesep 'compounds1.txt'];
    fid = fopen(io);
    tmp = textscan(fid,'%s','Delimiter','\t');
    fclose(fid);
    for i=1:numel(tmp{1,1})
        if(mod(i,2)==1)
            compounds(i)=strcat(tmp{1,1}(i),' - ', tmp{1,1}(i+1));
        end
    end
    compounds = compounds(~cellfun('isempty',compounds));  
end
